Toshiba E-Studio 212 Toner Cartridges Printer Review

Expert review of the Toshiba E-Studio 212 printer06 March 2013

Our Verdict:

Aimed at growing offices, the Toshiba E-Studio 212 black and white multifunction printer is a reliable and expandable multifunction copier with optional networking capabilities. The Toshiba E-Studio 212 all-in-one printer runs on ample memory for a small to medium-sized workgroup, and it offers a good range of accessories to help improve productivity, but it lacks some important functions.

Design

This is a box-shaped machine that measures 600mm wide and 659mm deep. The base unit measures 463mm tall, but additional paper cassettes can turn the Toshiba E-Studio 212 MFP into a freestanding and taller unit. The default paper handling is through a 250-sheet cassette, an automatic document feeder on the flatbed scanner, and a 100-sheet bypass feeder, while the output bin can handle up to 250 sheets. The E-Studio 212 copier runs on 112MB of memory and it can be connected to a computer via high-speed USB 2.0. The small operator panel appears cluttered with several buttons on-board along with a mini monochrome display screen.

Advantages

The maximum paper capacity of the Toshiba E-Studio 212 black and white copier is up to 1,700 sheets. Users can print on a wide range of media and print on A3-sized sheets. The print speeds are acceptable for small to medium-sized workloads, at up to 21ppm in A4 and 11ppm in A3. Users can upgrade the Toshiba E-Studio 212 multifunction copier to enable network printing. This energy efficient printer has 100% toner recycling technology so every last particle of the black Toshiba E-Studio 212 toner supply gets used up rather than being wasted.

Disadvantages

The Toshiba 212 monochrome copier could be better if it had built-in Ethernet and two-sided printing. The memory cannot be expanded, and there are no options to further expand the paper capacity. The E-Studio 212 laser printer only prints in monochrome, at a maximum 600x600dpi resolution, which could compromise the quality of very detailed images and complex documents. Only Windows operating systems are supported.